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Chapter 134 Speed Bumps
He never uttered these thoughts aloud, not even the wildest fantasies in his heart. They remained silent thoughts, impossible for Bai Yu, dozens of meters away, to hear or see through! Did Bai Yu possess some kind of ability to read minds?!
Seeing Enel's astonished expression, as if he had seen a ghost, Bai Yu finally couldn't help but chuckle, his laughter filled with mockery and disdain.
Bai Yu shook his head, his tone casual, yet it felt like a slap across Enel's face: "What do you know? I was just teasing you."
"A selfish, mean, and ungrateful person like you, who doesn't know how to be grateful when someone saves you, but instead is full of resentment and scheming, will expose all the filth in your heart with the slightest provocation. Sure enough, you are exactly as I expected."
"You are not worthy of this Devil Fruit, nor are you worthy of any power. Your heart and your character are not even as good as the soil under this sacred tree. You have nothing but petty jealousy and dark revenge."
Every word was piercing to the heart, showing no mercy.
Enel's face instantly turned deathly pale, then flushed a deep purplish-red. Shame, humiliation, terror, and resentment surged wildly within him, threatening to burst him apart. Bai Yu had pierced through all his pretense; his humble pleading seemed utterly ridiculous and cheap in the face of absolute mockery. All his petty schemes and dark calculations were, in Bai Yu's eyes, nothing more than a clumsy and disgusting performance.
But the Rumble-Rumble Fruit in Bai Yu's hand still radiated an alluring light; it was the power he had always dreamed of.
It was his only hope to escape his humiliation, seek revenge, and go to the infinite land. But now, this hope was firmly held in Bai Yu's hands, and Bai Yu trampled on his dignity with the most sarcastic words.
Enough is enough! There's no need to endure it any longer!
Since humbling himself wouldn't earn him a shred of pity, and since Bai Yu had never intended to let him go from the beginning, and had been toying with him like a plaything from start to finish, then even if he died, he would fight with his last ounce of strength to pounce on Bai Yu and bite off a piece of his flesh!
Enel's eyes instantly erupted with a frenzied death intent. All his humility and cowardice vanished without a trace, replaced by extreme violence and madness to take everyone down with him. He roared and, like a mad dog driven to the brink, leaped from the top of the towering sacred tree on all fours!
At a height of tens of meters, he disregarded life and death, his body twisting wildly in the air. Using the momentum of his fall, he charged recklessly toward Bai Yu on the rocky ground. At this moment, all he could see was the madness to destroy everything. He wanted to pounce on Bai Yu, tear him apart, and take back the fruit. Even if he was shattered to pieces, he would drag Bai Yu down with him!
"Uchiha Hakuha! I'm going to kill you!!"
A piercing roar tore through the night sky, filled with dying madness. Enel's figure, like a kite with a broken string, charged straight at Bai Yu with the force of a whirlwind. This was his all-out death charge, his last and most frenzied counterattack.
Matsumoto Rangiku and Unohana Retsu, who had rushed over, stood not far away, watching this scene with only a fleeting glance, showing no emotion whatsoever.
They knew very well that Bai Yu's strength was far beyond what Enel, an ant who only knew Observation Haki and had no other Haki, and who only knew how to use petty tricks, could shake.
Bai Yu stood still, not moving an inch, and didn't even put down the Rumble-Rumble Fruit in his hand. He just slightly raised his eyes and looked at Enel, who was rushing towards him like a mad dog. His eyes were as calm as a stagnant pool, without the slightest ripple, as if he had only seen a mosquito flying towards him.
Just as Enel's body was about to rush forward, and his claws were about to touch the hem of Shiro's clothes, Shiro simply raised one free hand, his fingertips slightly condensing, and invisible chakra instantly spread out beneath his feet. At the same time, he slightly shifted his body to the side and took a step with effortless ease, so fast that only a blur remained.
The next second, Enel's all-out death charge completely missed its target. His body couldn't stop due to inertia and shot straight forward like an out-of-control cannonball. Meanwhile, Bai Yu's figure appeared to his side like a ghost.
Without any earth-shattering moves or dazzling bursts of power, Bai Yu simply raised his foot and delivered a light kick, landing precisely on Enel's charging chest.
This kick, seemingly as light as a casual flick of the wrist, contained absolute power enhanced by chakra, and struck Enel's chest without any suspense, as if cast from steel.
"Click—"
A clear cracking sound rang out instantly, accompanied by Enel's short and shrill scream. His frantically charging body was like being hit head-on by a giant ship traveling at high speed, instantly losing all momentum. He was kicked away by this light kick, flying backward and drawing a messy arc in the air before crashing heavily onto the hard rock.
Rock fragments flew everywhere, dust billowed, and Enel's body was embedded deep in the rock. A large section of his chest caved in, all his ribs were broken, his internal organs were shattered, and he coughed up a mouthful of blood, staining the rocks in front of him red.
He lay on the cold ground, his limbs twitching a few times. His previously crazed eyes quickly lost their luster, becoming empty and unfocused, and he coughed up blood.
"No, I can't die, infinite...infinite earth..."
Enel could no longer make a sound, and in just a moment, he was completely lifeless.
From beginning to end, Bai Yu simply took a step and lightly kicked the mad dog that was trying to fight back, crushing it into dust. He didn't even waste a bit of extra strength. Enel's seemingly resolute death charge was nothing more than an insignificant speed bump under Bai Yu's feet in the face of the absolute difference in strength, not even enough to make her stop for the slightest moment.
Night fell silent once more, and the evening breeze swept through the forest again, carrying a faint scent of blood. The branches and leaves of the Bika Sacred Tree swayed gently.
Bai Yu glanced down at the lifeless corpse on the rocky ground, his eyes showing no emotion, as if he had merely crushed an insignificant insect.
For Bai Yu, walking around the ants without harming them is an extremely difficult task.
Matsumoto Rangiku slowly walked to Shiraha's side, looked at the corpse on the ground, and raised an eyebrow slightly: "Truly pathetic. I thought he would struggle a little."
Retsu Unohana merely glanced at him before looking away, her voice gentle yet calm: "Despicable in nature and weak in strength, even if he obtains the fruit, it will ultimately be a fleeting moment. Dying here is the best ending for him."